How are drive-times and other journey times calculated?

drive time calculations using roads, speeds and mart routing software

Whether you need time and distance matrices, isochrones catchment or routing, there are three key aspects to drive-time and walk-time calculations:

The road (or street) network

To create realistic results, the road network must cover the area you are interested in, be suitably detailed, and correctly structured to ensure connectivity between each link in the road network and to ensure road junctions, bridges and flyovers are appropriately treated. More »

The speed information

MapMechanics pioneered the processing of millions of GPS signals from real vehicles on the move to create speed data by time of day and vehicle type to provide the best results for time and distance matrices. For some applications you can successfully use speeds which simply reflect road classifications, or you may need even more detail and choose to use data with added navigational information such as low bridges, one way streets etc. More »

The way in which the drive-time software calculates the results

GeoXploit and MapMechanics territory optimisation and network planning use sophisticated drive-time algorithms based on Smart Routing technology from GeoConcept, including the ability to take account of different speeds, one-way streets, use a special hierarchical network approach to make the generation of big solutions faster, flexible import and export facilities etc.

MapMechanics combines the best offerings for each of these aspects to provide exceptionally detailed and accurate results, enabling your business to reduce costs, improve customer service, make better-informed strategic decisions and plan more efficiently. More »